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A
very
pretty
curly-headed
boy
with
a
look
of
the
Christ
in
the
Sistine
Madonna
was
depicted
playing
at
stick
and
ball
.
The
ball
represented
the
terrestrial
globe
and
the
stick
in
his
other
hand
a
scepter
.
Though
it
was
not
clear
what
the
artist
meant
to
express
by
depicting
the
so-called
King
of
Rome
spiking
the
earth
with
a
stick
,
the
allegory
apparently
seemed
to
Napoleon
,
as
it
had
done
to
all
who
had
seen
it
in
Paris
,
quite
clear
and
very
pleasing
.
"
The
King
of
Rome
!
"
he
said
,
pointing
to
the
portrait
with
a
graceful
gesture
.
"
Admirable
!
"
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With
the
natural
capacity
of
an
Italian
for
changing
the
expression
of
his
face
at
will
,
he
drew
nearer
to
the
portrait
and
assumed
a
look
of
pensive
tenderness
.
He
felt
that
what
he
now
said
and
did
would
be
historical
,
and
it
seemed
to
him
that
it
would
now
be
best
for
him
--
whose
grandeur
enabled
his
son
to
play
stick
and
ball
with
the
terrestrial
globe
--
to
show
,
in
contrast
to
that
grandeur
,
the
simplest
paternal
tenderness
.
His
eyes
grew
dim
,
he
moved
forward
,
glanced
round
at
a
chair
(
which
seemed
to
place
itself
under
him
)
,
and
sat
down
on
it
before
the
portrait
.
At
a
single
gesture
from
him
everyone
went
out
on
tiptoe
,
leaving
the
great
man
to
himself
and
his
emotion
.
Having
sat
still
for
a
while
he
touched
--
himself
not
knowing
why
--
the
thick
spot
of
paint
representing
the
highest
light
in
the
portrait
,
rose
,
and
recalled
de
Beausset
and
the
officer
on
duty
.
He
ordered
the
portrait
to
be
carried
outside
his
tent
,
that
the
Old
Guard
,
stationed
round
it
,
might
not
be
deprived
of
the
pleasure
of
seeing
the
King
of
Rome
,
the
son
and
heir
of
their
adored
monarch
.
And
while
he
was
doing
M.
de
Beausset
the
honor
of
breakfasting
with
him
,
they
heard
,
as
Napoleon
had
anticipated
,
the
rapturous
cries
of
the
officers
and
men
of
the
Old
Guard
who
had
run
up
to
see
the
portrait
.
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"
Vive
l'Empereur
!
Vive
le
roi
de
Rome
!
Vive
l'Empereur
!
"
came
those
ecstatic
cries
.
After
breakfast
Napoleon
in
de
Beausset
's
presence
dictated
his
order
of
the
day
to
the
army
.
"
Short
and
energetic
!
"
he
remarked
when
he
had
read
over
the
proclamation
which
he
had
dictated
straight
off
without
corrections
.
It
ran
: